When The Daily Signal asked about the impact a shutdown would have on FEMA and TSA specifically, Democrats did not seem concerned.
Rep. Shri Thandar, D-Mich., who serves on the committee alongside Guest and Pfluger, said he is actually willing to leverage FEMA funding for Republicans to meet their demands. ‘That’s the leverage that we have,’ he told the Daily Signal.
‘I would like Democratic leaders to stay firm and get some concessions that are meaningful … We should use every leverage that we have,’ Thandar concluded.
Thandar was echoing what Democrats said during the last shutdown they forced, in which they celebrated the pain and suffering it caused because it provided them “leverage.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer bragged at the time that “every day gets better for us,” and House Minority Whip Katherine Clark said that while “shutdowns are terrible and of course there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer, it is one of the few leverage times we have.”
We’re sure that there are kidnappers out there who’ve used the same sort of language in their ransom demands.
So, in short, Democrats are willing to hold the entire nation, not just one elderly woman, hostage, and put every U.S. citizen at risk. All to protect non-U.S. citizens who are in the country illegally!?!?!? At least Guthrie’s (apparent) kidnappers were demanding something reasonable, like Bitcoin.
And Democrats have the gall to say that Trump poses a threat to the country?
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board
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